The Colorado Sports Hall of Fame has picked Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow as the state’s professional athlete of the year. He will share headlining honors at a banquet in April with standout swimmer Missy Franklin, who was picked as amateur athlete of the year.

Other honorees from the college and high school ranks include Devon Beitzel (Northern Colorado) and Katelyn Steffan (Colorado State), high school honorees Connor Medbery (Loveland) and Annie Kunz (Wheat Ridge), and Disabled Athlete Recognition Award winner Mike Smisek.

The Colorado Sports Hall of Fame banquet is on April 10 at the City Center Marriott in Denver. Individual tickets are $175.

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Nicki Jhabvala is a Broncos beat writer for The Denver Post. She was previously the digital news editor for sports. Before arriving in Denver, she spent five years at Sports Illustrated working primarily as its online NBA editor. She also spent two years as a home page editor at the New York Times.